Powers: Madame Xanadu had a supernatural sensitivity to occult activities and mystic phenomena. She
used tarot cards to interpret what she sensed, and was able to tell the future of others. Xanadu
could levitate objects, teleport herself, and banish minor demons. Madame Xanadu's
parlor was full of magical books and objects, as well as jars containing the essences of malevolent entities. She rarely
used these objects of power, merely acting as a guardian of them. Madam Xanadu
was an immortal, never aging and unable to be killed in any manner.

History: Little is known of Madame Xanadu's past, she is descended from gypsies, but has operated her fortune telling parlour out of Greenwich Village for many a year. She gained her immortality and magical abilities by besting Death in a game of cards. Xanadu often meets clientele plagued by supernatural problems, and although she can advise them, some force prevents her from directly interfering in solving their troubles. If one of her clients manages to conquer a supernatural force, she can contain that entity in jars within her fortune
parlour.

(Doorway
to Nightmare #3) - Margot Hammer came to Xanadu's shop for a reading because she
was concerned about her love Victor Christianson. Xanadu drew the hanged man
from her tarot deck, told Margot he was hiding something from her, and asked her
to have him meet Xanadu. Victor came to Xanadu, and she recognized him as a
vampire from a previous meeting with him in Brussels. She drew the four of
swords, the card of everlasting death, and Victor stormed off. Margot learned
Victor was a vampire and wanted him to make her one too, and the couple came to
Xanadu. Victor refused to make Margot a vampire, and waited until sunrise so he
could end his unlife as a gesture of his love for Margot. Manadu kept his spirit
in one of the jars in her shop.

(Doorway
to Nightmare #4) - Detective Nick Abrams came to Xanadu for advice on the
disappearance of the mummy of Princess Morea, her lamps and her mummified demon
bodyguard from the Met. He saw a Chinese lamp identical to the ones taken from
the Met in Xanadu's shop, and despite her protest that if was gifted to her in
the past he took it as evidence. The lamp returned to Xanadu's shop, but Abrahms
took it again. Morea's undead bodyguard attacked Abrahms, but Xanadu destroyed
the demon. Abrahm's girlfriend Sue Lei Hau took the lamp. She was possessed by
the spirit of Morea and needed all the lamps to permanently take control of
Hau's body. Abrahms and Xanadu confronted her after she performed her sorcery,
but Hau's love for Abrahms was so strong that she shook off Morea's control.
Morea's spirit left, leaving behind only the mummified remains of Morea's
six-fingered hand, which Xanadu locked in a jar and took back to her shop.

(Crisis on Infinite Earths #10, 12, Spectre vol. 2 #1)-When the Spectre was destroyed by the Anti-Monitor, Madame Xanadu performed a magic ritual that brought him back to existence. From that day forward she has acted as the Spectre's spiritual advisor.

(Books of Magic I #2) - Madame Xanadu gave Tim Hunter a reading, helping him along his path as an emerging sorcerer. She also
confronted Tim's companion John Constantine, who she believed has stolen a magic artifact called the Wind's Egg from her.

(Showcase '93 #4) -Gaea empowered Blue Devil with the
worldseed, or the essence of the Earth, to defend it against Galaxa. The mystic
vibrations were sensed by Madame Xaadu among others.

(Day of Judgment #1-4) - Xanadu's demon familiars
turned against her when Asmodel / Spectre unleashed Hell on Earth. Zatanna
rescued Xanadu and recruited her for the Sentinels of Magic to do battle with
Asmodel. With Zatanna's help Xanadu separated Asmodel from most of the Spectre-Force,
imprisoning it in her globe. It was only a temporary solution, and the Sentinels
knew they needed the Spear of Destiny to defeat Asmodel. When Xanadu could no
longer contain the power she released it, and after the Sentinels wounded
Asmodel with the Spear, the soul of Green Lantern Hal Jordan stepped in and
became the new Spectre host.

(JLA
#40) - Xanadu was among the legion of heroes summoned by the JLA to quell
worldwide outbreaks of warfare that were incited by Mageddon.

(Martian Manhunter II #28) - Xanadu and the
Sentinels of Magic battled the Demon, who’d een separated from Jason Blood and
was tapping into the power of Stonehenge. At Phantom Strangers request Martian
Manhunter joined the Sentinels in battle, and found Morgan Le Fay, who had Jason
Blood trapped in a tesseract jewel. Manhunter shattered the jewel, freeing
Blood, and ending the Demon’s threat.

(JLA #58) - Xanadu and a number of other heroes
with sorcerous abilities created an oxygenated atmosphere on the Moon so that
the JLA could create fire to use against the White Martians they were battling
there.

(JLA #68) - Atlantis, ancient and in ruins,
appeared on the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Xanadu and several mystics cast a
spell on the JLA to send them to 1,000 B.C. and determine the fate of the
Atlantis that Tempest had sent back in time during the Imperiex War.

(Blood of the Demon #6) - Xanadu gave a reading to
Detective Pruitt. He’d been burned by Demon’s hellfire, an as a result his
soul was, for the moment, completely pure.

Comments: Created by David Michelinie & Val Mayerick

Madame Xanadu received profiles in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #14 and Who’s Who in the DC
Universe #3.